Notes:
-Currently in his 17th NHL season, all with the Red Wings.
-Four time Stanley Cup champion (1997, 1998, 2002 and 2008).
-Has won the Norris Trophy in six of last seven season played (2001, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008). Only Bobby Orr (8) and Doug Harvey (7) have won more.
-Only European Captain to lead his team to a Stanley Cup championship (2008).
-Currently 12th all-time among defensemen in goals (228), 7th in assists (769), 8th in points (997) and 7th in power-play goals (115).
-Highest scoring Red Wings defenseman of all-time.
-Holds Red Wings franchise records for assists (64) and points (80) by a defenseman in one season (both marks set in 2005-06).
-1,330 games played in Wings uniform ranks 4th all-time in team history.
-Has played more games (1,330) in the first 16+ years of his career than any other player in the history of the NHL, missing just 32 games in that span.
-228 career postseason games is a Red Wings franchise record.
-Has appeared in a franchise record 17 consecutive postseasons.
-Has the highest plus-minus rating (+409) in the NHL since 1991-92, his first year in the league.
-Nine time NHL All-Star (postseason).
-Ten NHL All-Star Game Appearances.

Notes:
2009 Postseason (with Detroit)
-Scored his first career postseason goal in Game One vs PIT on 5/30.
-Played in his first career NHL postseason game in Game 5 vs ANA on 5/10
-Recorded his first career postseason point (assist) in Game 5 vs ANA 5/10
-Led Detroit with nine hits in just 6:32 in Game 5 vs ANA.

-Helped Michigan State Spartans capture the 2007 NCAA Championship.
-Scored game-winning goal in the championship game vs. Boston College with 18.9 seconds remaining.
-Named 2007 Frozen Four Most Outstanding Player.

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11 Dan Cleary R(KLIH-ree, DAN-yehl)

6'0'', 210 12/18/1978 ( 30 ), Carbonear, NL, CAN

10 NHL / 3 Season

Last Goal: MAY 27, 2009 vs CHICAGO (1)

Last Assist: MAY 10, 2009 vs ANAHEIM (8)

How Acquired: Signed as a free agent October 4, 2005

Notes:
-Currently in his 11th season in the NHL and fourth with Detroit.
-Originally drafted by Chicago in the 1997 NHL Entry Draft (1st round, 13th overall).
-Re-signed to a new five-year deal on March 11, 2008.
-Won his first Stanley Cup in 2008.
-Became the first native of Newfoundland to win the Stanley Cup.

Notes:
-Currently in his seventh season in the National Hockey League, all with Detroit.
-Has won the Lady Byng Trophy three consecutive seasons (2006, 2007 and 2008).
-Won his first Selke Trophy in 2008 as the NHL's best defensive forward.
-Has participated in two NHL All-Star games (2004 and 2008).
-Has won two Stanley Cups (2002 and 2008).
-Led the Red Wings in scoring for the fourth consecutive season joining Gordie Howe and Steve Yzerman as the only players in franchise history to lead the team in scoring in 4 straight years.
-Signed a seven-year contract with Detroit on 4/6/07, the longest in team history.

Notes:
2009 Stanley Cup Playoffs (with Detroit)
-Recorded his first career NHL postseason point with an assist in Game One vs PIt on 5/30.
-Appeared in his first career NHL playoff game in Game 3 at CHI on 5/22.

2008-09 Regular Season (with Detroit)
-21 GP, 5-4-9, +5, 1 GWG, 17 shots, 6 PIM.
-Recorded his first career multi-point game 2/21 at MIN (1-1--2).
-Scored his first career NHL goal in his first NHL game (1/31 at WSH).
-Registered his first career NHL assists in his second game (2/2 vs STL).

-Played for Jokerit of the Finnish Elite League in 2007-08.
-Led Jokerit in scoring with 77 points (28g, 49a) in 55 games.
-He finished second in the Finnish Elite League (77 points), second in plus-minus (+34), and third in goals (28).
-Received the Oskanen Award, given annually to the league's best player during the regular season.
-Also received the Finnish Elite League's Ilta-Sanomat Star Player Award for 2007-08.

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22 Brett Lebda D(LEHB-dah, BREHT)

5'9'', 195 01/15/1982 ( 27 ), Buffalo Grove, IL, USA

3 NHL / 3 Season

Last Goal:

Last Assist: MAY 27, 2009 vs CHICAGO (1)

How Acquired: Signed as a free agent July 21, 2004

Notes:
-Currently in his fourth season in the National Hockey League, all with Detroit.
-Won his first Stanley Cup championship in 2008.

How Acquired: Acquired from Los Angeles on Feb. 26, 2008 for Detroit's 2nd round pick in 2008 and 4th round pick in 2009.

Notes:
-Currently in his ninth season in the NHL and second with Detroit.
-Re-signed a new four-year deal with Detroit July 1, 2008.
-Originally drafted by the San Jose Sharks in the 1998 NHL Entry Draft (1st round, 3rd overall).
-Won his first Stanley Cup championship in 2008.

How Acquired: Acquired from Chicago March 23, 1999 in exchange for Anders Eriksson and first round picks in 1999 and 2001.

Notes:
-Currently in his 25th season in the National Hockey League and 10th with Detroit.
-Currently sixth on the all-time games played list (1,644) and first among active players, first among American born players, and first among defensemen.
-Re-signed a one-year deal with Detroit on September 9, 2008.
-Three time Norris Trophy winner (1989, 1993 and 1996).
-Finished second in Norris Tophy voting twice (1995-Coffey, 2002-Lidstrom).
-Only player in NHL history to play 400 games for three different teams (Monteal-402, Chicago-664 and Detroit-578).
-11 All-Star Game Appearances.
-Three time Stanley Cup champion (Montreal 1986, Detroit 2002 and 2008).
-Ranks eighth all-time among defensemen with 763 assists.

-2008-09 Regular Season
-Moved past Dave Andreychuk into 4th all-time games played on 3/29 vs NSH. Currently at 1,644 games played.
-Set an NHL record by playing in his 880th regular season victory 1/6 vs CBJ.

Notes:
-Currently in his ninth season in the NHL and second with Detroit.
-Three-time Stanley Cup champion (New Jersey 2000 and 2003, Detroit 2008).
-Signed a five-year contract with the Red Wings on 7/1/07.

-2008-09 Regular Season:
-Tied with Lidstrom for first among Red Wings defensemen in scoring this season (10-49--59).

How Acquired: Obtained 6/30/93 from Winnipeg for future considerations.

Notes:
-Currently in his 18th year in the National Hockey League and 15th with Detroit.
-2004 Selke Trophy winner as the NHL's best defensive forward.
-Four time Stanley Cup champion (1997, 1998, 2002 and 2008)

2008-09 Regular Season:
-Finished fourth on Detroit with 105 hits.
-Played in his 1,000th NHL game 2/2 vs STL.
-Led Detroit winning 60.3% of face-offs taken this season (603W-397L).

2008-09 Regular Season (with Detroit)
-Recalled to Detroit 3/2 for second time this season.
-Played 1/29 vs DAL (4:41 TOI)
-Played 3:34 3/3 at STL, 5 PIM.
-Recorded his first point of the season (assist) on 3/4 at COL.

-Resigned to a one-year, two-way contract 8/20/08

-Has played for four Original Six teams (Boston, Detroit, Montreal, Chicago).
-Has spent time with five other NHL clubs (Boston, 1999-00; Chicago, 2000-2002; Dallas, 2002-04; St. Louis and Montreal, 2005-06) prior to joining the Red Wings.
-Signed a a free agent on 10/3/06 after being invited to Red Wings training camp for a tryout.